Sunday Stealing

Welcome back to Sunday Stealing. Sunday Stealing originated on WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser. Here we will steal all types of memes from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent memes. You may have heard of the expression, “honor amongst thieves”. In that age-old tradition, we also have our rules. First, we always credit the blog that we stole it from and we will “fess up” to the blog owner where we stole the meme. We also provide a link to the victim's post. (It's our way of saying "Thanks!") We do sometimes edit the original meme, usually to make it more relevant to our global players, to challenge our players, sometimes to select that meme's best questions, or simply to make it less repetitive from either this new meme or recently asked questions from a prior featured meme. Let's go!

Today we ripped this meme off a blogger named Leo Maccool at the blog Butch Girlcat. It's a 50 question meme, so we decided do it in two parts. Today is Part 2. She explains that she stole meme from the ever-fabulous GREG. But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!

Cheers to all us thieves!

Sunday Stealing: The Strange Question Meme, Part 2

26. What color is your watch? Stainless Steel

27. What do you think of when you hear “Australia”? Red Dust

28. Would you strip for money? NO

29. Do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? Drive Thru

30. What is your favorite number? I don't have one.

31. Who’s the last person you talked to on the phone? My sister.

32. Any plans today? Watch ISU (ice skating)

33. In how many states have you lived? (TN, MD, CA, TX, KY)...5

34. Biggest annoyance right now? Good TV programs with sound levels that are either too loud or too soft!!! (MI-5)

35. Last song listened to? Sorry...can't think of it.

36. Can you say the alphabet backwards? NO! But I can sing it forward.

37. Do you have a maid service clean your house? I WISH!!!

38. Favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time? Black

39. Are you jealous of anyone? No

40. Is anyone jealous of you? Silly of them but yes

41. Do you love anyone? You bet chum, Red Rider!

42. Do any of your friends have children? Most all of them.

43. What do you usually do during the day? Watch TV, play on the computer, and read.

44. Do you hate anyone that you know right now? No!

45. Do you use the word hello daily? Oddly enough, no.

46. What color is your car? A beautiful pale green.

47. What size wedding ring do you wear? 4.5

48. Are you thinking about someone right now? Yes, those silly poker players that my DH is watching.

49. Have you ever been to Six Flags? I am in Texas in the DFW area...yep!

50. How did you get your worst scar? Doctors did it. And if they do it again, they better put in a zipper!

Thank you for playing this week on Sunday Stealing!Please leave a comment or link when you have posted. Feel free to stop back and visit other player’s posts. Have a great week. See you next Sunday!

Desert Rose Shawl by Renee Leverington

First I am going to show you some lovely photos of this beautiful shawl that Sandra Singh has up at her shop.

Get ready to "oo" and "aw"!

THE DESERT ROSE SHAWL BY RENEE LEVERINGTON

A CLOSE UP

A FRONT VIEW

A BACK VIEW

The beautiful Desert Rose shawl was designed by Renee Leverington of "Goddess Knits" exclusively for Sandrasingh.com and knit in The Alpaca Yarn Company's lace yarn Suri Elegance. Renee Leverington grew up in Arizona where the crystal Desert Rose is abundant, these beautiful rosette shaped crystals inspired Renee to create her elegant Desert Rose Shawl.

THE LUSHIOUS YARN IT WAS MADE FROM

Suri Elegance

The Desert Rose Shawl's beautiful knit fabric, with exquisite drape, is created from The Alpaca Yarn Company's 100% suri alpaca lace weight yarn Suri Elegance. Its knit from the top down and consists of two identical sections worked together with a dividing stitch and garter edge stitches, the pattern is charted.

Personally, I am in love (read "lust") with Falling Leaves and Middle Earth! Now if you want to try your hand at this project or am a "fiberholic" like I am, head on over to SandraSingh.com and read all about the pattern and yarn and everything! I just liberated some of the highlights from her site.

(Click on the posting title or any of the underscored words to get there in a flash.)

To Desire A Devil by Elizabeth Hoyt Book Review/Giveaway

Over at Seductive Musing, this book is up as a giveaway. To Desire a Devil is part of a four part series. I have not read this one or any of the others but from reading the reviews and an interview at Seductive Musings, I really want to read it. So to earn extra credits, I am posting about the posting. You might want to do the same to see if you might want to see if you too might want to read it. To get there, just click on the posting title.

Southern Women

We have not had a good laugh for a while so I submit the following as it was sent to me by my niece, Stacey:

Southern women know their summer weather report:

Humidity

Humidity

Humidity

Southern women know their vacation spots:

The beach

The rivuh

The crick

Southern women know every body's first name:

Honey

Darlin'

Shugah

Southern women know the movies that speak to their hearts:

Fried Green Tomatoes

Driving Miss Daisy

Steel Magnolias

Gone with the Wind

Southern women know their religions:

Baptist

Methodist

Football

Southern women know their cities dripping with Southern charm:

Chawl'stn

S'vanah

Foat Wuth

N'awlins

Addlanna

Southern women know their elegant gentlemen:

Men in uniform

Men in tuxedos

Rhett Butler

Southern women know their prime real estate:

The Mall

The Spa

The Beauty Salon

Southern women know the three deadly sins:

Having bad hair and nails

Having bad manners

Cooking bad food

More Southern-isms:

Only a Southerner knows the difference between a "hissie fit" and a "conniption fit", and that you don't "have" them, you "pitch" them.

Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc, make up "a mess".

Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder".

Only a Southern knows exactly how long "directly" is, as in: "Going to town, be back drekly (directly)."

Even Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar: is not a request for the white granular, sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table.

All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well.

Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best jester of solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad. If the neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin'!

Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a right far piece". They also know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20.

Only a Southerner both knows and understand the difference between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash.

No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn.

A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb.

Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, ...and when we're "in line", we talk to everybody!

Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they are related, even if only by marriage.

In the South, "y'all" is singular, "all y'all" is plural.

Southerners know "grits" comes from corn and how to eat them.

Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food, and that fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food.

When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner!

Only true Southerners say "sweet tea" and "sweet milk". Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it. We do not like our tea unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk.

A true Southern knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 mph on the freeway. You just say, "Bless her heart" and go on your own way.

To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southerness: Take two tent revivals and a does of sausage gravy and call in the morning, bless your heart!

And to those of you are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff, bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin' to have classes on Southerness as a second language!

And for those that are not from the South but have lived here for a long time, all y'all need a sign to hang on y'all's front porch that reads "I'm not from the South, but I got here as fast as I could!"

Southern women know men may come and go, but friends are fahevah!

Now Shugah, if you're a Northern transplant, bless your little heart, fake it. We know you got here as fast as you could.

Monday Madness- The debut:::

hot or not »

Monday Madness- The debut!!!!

[ Sunday, November 1, 2009 | 2 comments ]

Thanks for joining us for the first week of Monday Mayhem!

This is the Monday meme that will differ from week to week.
Every Monday you can expect something new and different to keep you entertained.

Today's topic is hot or not.
Simply copy and paste this post into your blog post and tell us if you think each of the items are hot or not. Be sure to come back here and post a link to your post and visit the other participants.

Are you ready?

no...can i back out now/? o well, might as well continue...i got this far.

Hot or Not?

mom jeans can be great fun and look good but not when they taper down from a big butt or tummy!

The mom jean.

******

Hot or not?

When you drool over the keyboard like dh did, I get the opinion she must be.hot

Tara Reid.

*****

Hot or not?

I don't know...divorce is generally messy. I do believe he and Kate do love their children, they just can't get along with each other. From I have read, this raising of multiples is the cause of many of a divorce. divorce is never hot...it is just very sad for all involved. .

.John of John and Kate Plus eight

******

Hot or not?

i think not. this is what appears to be a heart attack on a bun. heart attacks are painful and pain is never hot.

The Hardee Thickburger.

********

Hot or not?

I am not exactly sure what this is but it looks like it should be hot.

This is it.

**********

Hot or not?

i'm just not surer. i've not seen his movie. i have know some pretty hot nerds but don't know if he is one or not.,,humor is always HOT!
Napoleon Dynamite.

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Hot or not?

he is cute but i don't know about hot...can i abstrain until the magazine comes out?
Sarah Palin's almost son-in-law going frontal in Playgirl.

***********

Hot or not?

not...at least to me. but then i cannot see enough to read it...news can be hot!CNN's new homepage.

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Hot or not?

i think more "cool", after all, no one else i know has one!

Owning a large mylar balloon and that is your lively hood.

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Hot or not?

hot!

Hot.

Thanks for playing! We'll see you next Monday!

About Monday Mayhem

[ Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | 1 comments ]

Let's face it.
We love a great meme and it just seemed like Monday's needed one.
Some of us meme addicts got together to make one.
That's how Monday Mayhem was born.

What kind of a meme is this?
Can we say it's a meme about nothing?
We've decided to spice it up and make it fun.
Every week will be different. Some Monday's will consist of a fill in the blank meme while other Monday's may be silly questions.

How to participate.
Check here on as early as Sunday afternoon for the Monday Mayhem prompt.
Copy and Paste it to your blog post, publish your post and come back here and leave a link to your post. On Monday, come back here to see who the other participants are and visit their Monday Mayhem post.

The more you play the better your chances are at getting visits to your Monday Mayhem post!
Cool! Read the full story »

To read the full story, click on the underlined area or the posting title.

Chocolate as a Stress Buster? Oh Yeah!

Ok, we know I love chocolate...ask my sister what sorts of chocolate nonsense we have gotten into! Any I saw this posting from Books and Needlepoint and decide you have to go and read it! Please note, this is not her opinion but those of:

Remedy SuperStress with Chocolate
By Roberta Lee M.D.,
Author of The SuperStress Solution

So if you need an excuse to add chocolate to your diet, read the posting by clicking on the title or the blog name.

Book Giveaway: THE APPLE by Penelope Holt

J.Kaye of J. Kaye's Book Blog is one that I visit very often...like daily. I am serious! She has great reviews that I trust. She reviews lots of the books I want to read or listen to or am thinking about. I like her giveaways. I like her conversation postings were lots of us chat. I ask her (and other followers) questions.

It is natural for me to enter this giveaway as The Apple is not a book I have read and it deal with the holocaust. If you too would be interested or think you might be, head on over to this posting by clicking the the blog title or her blog name to enter or find out more about the book.

Luxury Reading: Book-Case Bathtub

Luxury Reading: Book-Case Bathtub You have to go check this out if you love to read books in the bath!

Thanks Vera!

Tell Me It Ain't So

David Tennant is handing over the Tardis keys to Matt Smith

For those of us who love our Scottish Dr. Who, this is sad news. If you want to follow up on this story, click on the posting title to take you there.

Ovine inspiration for wool coffin

The coffins were inspired by 17th Century customs

There are times when you see something that you just have to share. If you want to read "the rest of the story", just click on the posting title and you will be there in no time.

Twist Collective 2009 Autumn

Twist Collective is out! The autumn 2009 edition! I want to make these:

I like the design of these:

Now this is quite cute and if made with the right yarn, could also be for summer!

I do like this one as well!

Look at the asymmetry of this one:

But if we are being realistic, these are probably the only ones I could do and have them come out right:

Oh, but isn't this lovely!

I wonder if I could do this scarf but in a brighter color or darker...just not this medium!

You know, you really ought to go see what you would like to make that maybe didn't appeal to me. You want ta? OK, you can view the Twist Collective issue here. Oh, don't forget to read the articles! There are some really good ones to read!

Thursday Thunks

The Halloweeney Version of Thursday Thunks

Welcome to the October almost Halloweenth version of Thursday Thunks!
(which we always seem to post on Wednesday)

Where we make you think a little bit before you blog!

We pick a subject, and your job is to interpret it anyway you want. Write about it on your blog... simple as that. Maybe you can interpret it as a picture - we don't care!
Please only leave a link if you have written a Thursday Thunks post. Please mention us in your post, and link back to the blog here.
Don't forget to go visit the other participants' blogs. Read and comment about all their Thursday Thunks! That's what all this is about after all, isn't it? We'll have so much fun and become lifelong friends....

This week we will answer some crazy questions brought to you by Berleen, the color Blood red and the number 31.

1. So Halloween is this weekend, if you haven't heard. Are you gonna open your doors up or not? Not...there are not many who come and we don't need consume the left overs...we are fluffy enough.
2. You better open 'em cuz I'm coming... what are you putting in my treat bag? Well, if you must, you will probably get an orange or because of you age, a beer.
3. Since October is the bestest month for television (well for cable & dish subscribers it is) and there is a horror movie on at any given time of the day - are you sick of them yet? Reached that years ago when they got so bloody!
4. Which one of those movies can you watch over & over again? All of the ones from the Lon Chaney, Bella LaGosey, Boris Carliff.
5. Tell us about a Halloween scare you've had.... I can''t remember any...I've had scares but just not any involving Halloween ..and as that is the subject, we will not go into them.
6. Did you watch the old Casper cartoons when you were a youngin? Well, back then they weren't old I suppose, but I'm sure you still understand my question. Of course...they were sweet.
7. Have you ever found a four-leaf clover? Yes, several!
8. Haunted Houses... you know, the kinds you pay to get in and they chase you with chainsaws and severed heads.... do you like 'em? No.
9. Do you use cute cartoon type wrapping paper for Christmas presents or the not cutesy paper? Or are you one of those gift card and/or gift bag people? I use whatever I like at the time. I have used funnies from the newspaper, tissue paper, etc. It's fun to use different things.
10. How long do boiled eggs need to stay in the boiling water before they become hard boiled eggs? It's been so long since I made them, I would have to look it up in Joy of Cooking, my kitchen bible.
11. Jason is coming in through your front door... Freddy is coming through your back door... zombies are at every window of the house and Norman Bates is calling to invite you to dinner... what do you do? Be at the movies watching a comedy and then spending the night at a lovely hotel until Halloween is over.
12. Did you know that the scariest part of Halloween is giving all of your Reeses Peanut Butter Cups away? No, why?
13a. If you were to play a part of a haunted house (not the ghosts in the attic kind), what would you want to be? A witch stirring a cauldron of something bubbling and steaming.
13b. Have you ever played a part in a haunted house? No they are way after my time.
14. If Thursday Thunks had a Halloween party, what do you think Kimber & Berleen would come dressed as? Twiddle Dumb and Twiddle Dee? Raggedy Ann and Andy? The Mummy and Frankenstein?
15. Do you cook a turkey for Thanksgiving? Yes, and any other time I can find an excuse to!
16. Have you ever read a book that scared the pants off of you? Yes, Hell House...shiver!
17. Whats the predicted high temperature for today? 72
18. Have you ever howled at the moon? Sure but it is more fun to howling with my dogs (we call it singing). Poor DH, he can't get them to sing with him.
19.You are in an alley and a werewolf and a vampire are coming at you - one of them has to win. Which one do you want to bite you? Neither, thank you. OK, if you are going to be fussy about it...vampire...they always sort of hypnotize you before biting.

ust Another New Blog: Giveaway and Review: Tropical Traditions Coconut Cream Concentrate (10/31)

Not mine! Dina's doing it on Just Another New Blog. Now you guys know how much I love Tropical Traditions products, so you can't be surprised that I entered this giveaway or that I would try to encourage you to enter it as well. All you have to do to get to the posting is to click on the title or her blog name and, wala, there you are! If I were you, I would go and read all about the product and enter asap...like I did.